❝ Monologues · 4 lines · B2

May it please you, my lord. Members of the jury,

prosecution's opening · Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

 

May it please you, my lord. Members of the jury,

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I appear in this case with my learned friend, Mr Barton, for the prosecution.

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Why it's worth practising

It opens with courtesy, then slips in a barb about the absent rival.

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